Where's Pmc (programmable Metallization Cell)?

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Where's Pmc (programmable Metallization Cell)?

#1 KStrawn

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Posted 28 September 2009 - 08:41 PM

In January 2008, there was talk in the PC World Magazine in the Forward section about a version of flash memory (PMC, or Programmable Metallization Cell) that could store up to 1,000X more data as current flash memory. It supposedly was developed at a university, not to mention was supposedly going to be in many memory chips and devices. What happened? The article said that it was going to supposedly be available within "the next 18 months" in many memory chips and devices. Not so fast! It's September 2009, and it still isn't on any flash devices. Is it an aborted spec or something?

What PMC is supposed to do is use nanoionics to sore up to 1,000X the data of current flash memory. Nanoionics differs from convential electronic flash memory in that it moves ions themselves instead of moving electrons among them.

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-Kenny Strawn